We have been traveling up New Zealand's south island. As usual, the scenery is stunning. After Queenstown, we stayed in some small towns as well as the bigger city of Christchurch. Christchurch is a charming city with beautiful Gothic architecture. It is N.Z.'s most English city. Doug and I have enjoyed some pints and fish & chips at the numerous pubs.
We also went to an aquarium which had a kiwi house! It is hard to see kiwis in the wild because they are nocturnal and very sensitive to light and smell. They are extraordinary birds. Unfortunately, we couldn't take any pictures!
From Christchurch we drove to the beautiful fishing town of Kaikoura. It has an amazing setting of steep foothills surrounding emerald-green ocean. There is so much sea life here to see, including whales, fur seals, albatross and the endemic Hector's dolphin- the rarest and smallest dolphin.
In Kaikoura we went to a sheep shearing show! It was very entertaining and we got to see a sheep being sheared! I also got to play with two lambs that were so friendly because they were fed from a bottle. I love sheep!
We also went on a deep sea fishing charter. We caught loads of blue cod and perch! The boat also picked up a crate full of crayfish. We had an awesome dinner!
Today we are taking the ferry back across to the north island because we are flying out of Wellington tomorrow! As some of you know, Doug and I have decided to cut our trip short because we are somewhat tired of traveling. We realized we like to travel, but for short periods of time. So we have a month left- two weeks in Thailand, then two in Europe!
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